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What about ME?- documentary

gracenote

All shall be well . . .
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Santa Rosa, CA
from their blogspot:

Questionnaire on the documentary
Hello, all. We have put together a questionnaire on the documentary. We would love to have your input, so if you would like to download the questionnaire, fill it in and send it back to doubledmedocs@googlemail.com we would appreciate it!

click here to download the questionnaire

Hope everyone is doing well!

I just filled it out. It is quite easy to do. It took me a little effort to figure out how to email it. I had to "save" before it attached my answers.
 

kit

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USA
I filled it out too. Thanks Frank. Where do we send pictures to? Btw, the trailer is excellent! Very exciting!
 

dipic

Senior Member
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Will this work? (see attached photo)

Not sure if I have the originals. If they need to be separate it's pretty easy to do so in any photo editing software.

Where do I send this (and the questionnaire) to?
 

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dipic

Senior Member
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"WHAT ABOUT ME?" Second Teaser Trailer

Apologies if this has already been posted or if there is already a designated thread for this topic, but a second trailer has been released for the current in production ME/CFS documentary "WHAT ABOUT ME?"

It can be viewed here:
http://vimeo.com/12284015

Or here, along with the first trailer on crew's website:
http://www.whataboutme.biz/

I won't say much as I'll let the trailer do most of the talking for itself but what I will say is that I am super impressed with what I've seen so far from these guys and excited that such an excellent ME/CFS documentary is currently in the making.

Oh, btw, if you had submitted "before and after" photos to their email (or facebook, site, whatever) a few weeks ago, they may included at the end of this trailer. (They go by fast but I was able to spot mine. :Retro wink:)
 

Kati

Patient in training
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It is a fabulous trailer- I shared it on my facebook to all to see. The silence has to stop, the stigma has to fall. We need to be public about this.
 
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AndreaPring

Guest
This documentary promises to be a real ball-breaker. In fact I don't think there's ever been such a promising documentary that encompasses the whole field from dirty politics to patient demise - 1980's-present day. Very impressed with it.
 

Jerry S

Senior Member
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Location
Chicago
This is what we need. I'm glad to see that the filmmakers are doing such a great job. I think this film is going to make a difference.

Thanks for posting this, dipic. Thanks, Kati. You're right.
 

kit

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USA
This is what we need. I'm glad to see that the filmmakers are doing such a great job. I think this film is going to make a difference.

Thanks for posting this, dipic. Thanks, Kati. You're right.

Ditto. This is so encouraging to see. :victory:
 

jimbob

ME/CFS84-XMRV+
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myrtle beach, s.c.
Thanks Depic, I hadn't seen the USA one. Seeing Annette's daughter made me sad, I've never seen her before. It makes me so pissed off at what's gone on for the last 30-40 yrs!
 

Alexia

Senior Member
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Portugal
It looks really well done. I'm impressed! I just hope they will have funds enough to make the documentary.
 

V99

Senior Member
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UK
These guys put every tv company to shame. It's fantastic. I really think we are about to see a real change.
 

Dreambirdie

work in progress
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N. California
Great trailer! And hopefully a great film

However, did anyone else notice that they spelled Mikovits wrong, as Milkowits?
That's not good. They need to correct that... so I dropped them a note about it.
 

ixchelkali

Senior Member
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Long Beach, CA
The interviews are great. This is so well done, really high quality. I can't wait to see the movie. I wish I could contribute to the funding to make it happen.

I have one tiny quibble: am I the only one who found the wiggly/shimmery letters hard to read? Dreambirdie, how did you contact them? I might mention that as a suggestion to them.
 
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Location
Sofa, UK
Brilliant, I can't wait to see this on UK TV. Recommend everyone watch these two vids.

Do we have a TV room? Might be good to collect up all the best (advocacy) video links somewhere...maybe part of the new wiki...
 

dipic

Senior Member
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I have one tiny quibble: am I the only one who found the wiggly/shimmery letters hard to read?
I really have to totally agree with this. They have this sort of (shimmering) water theme going on (just look at their site), and I just really don't think it's appropriate or makes sense for the film they are doing. Maybe they thought it would be a neat effect, and it sort of is but, again, I just don't feel it really fits with the subject matter or even the tone so much. And yes, they are a bit hard to read at points as well, though part of that could be because the resolution of the vid is so small. That shouldn't be a problem with a full (hopefully HD or just below sub HD) release.

In any case, I hope they change that text effect for the final movie.

Oh, and you can contact them at: doubledmedocs@googlemail.com
Or drop them a message on their facebook page if you have one: http://www.facebook.com/pages/WHAT-ABOUT-ME/105992479431834

I hope they come visit here; I know they've been here before. Would be nice if we could maybe have a thread to provide them with some constructive criticism. Just a thought.
 
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germany
what about me? - Trailers - Transcript

hi all,

i want to ask if an English transcript for the trailers is available. We would very much like to do German subtitles and a transcript would make that a lot easier.


Thanks,
martina